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Mentors Category: Alumni

David Spero

I am an author, blogger, nurse, journalist, grandfather and activist for peace, Earth and Palestinian rights with Jewish Voice for Peace in the SF Bay Area. I know how to listen and…
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Charlene Fix

Charlene Fix is the author of three volumes of poetry, Taking a Walk in My Animal Hat (Bottom Dog Press 2018), Frankenstein’s Flowers (CW Books 2014, and Flowering Bruno: a Dography (XOXOX Press 2006), as well as…
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Catherine Cassara

My journalism career started when I graduated from college. I worked for newspapers in Virginia, Connecticut and Maine, starting at small weekly papers and working my way to dailies. After…
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Steve Brown

Steve Brown began writing opinion pieces on SourceWatch, including Iraq the road to war – SourceWatch (2004) Bush Administration War Crimes in Iraq – SourceWatch (editor, 2008) and Inside Zion…
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David Heap

An associate professor of French and linguistics (affiliated with women’s studies and feminist research) at the University of Western Ontario, David Heap has published in English, French and Spanish on…
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Deena Damen

Deena Damen is a future law student from Stockton, California. She volunteered as a dispute resolutions mediator for San Joaquin County in 2019 and volunteered for the SJC public defenders…
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Farrell Brody

Farrell Brody has lived and taught English and Spanish in Israel, Mexico and the United States for more that 50 years. He has a Bachelor’s degree in English from Franklin…
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Jodie Jones

In February 2019, Jodie Jones spontaneously quit her career in fashion journalism to travel, soul search and refocus. Almost two years—and a tour of Europe—later, that experience continues to inform…
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Mariam Barghouti

A resident of Ramallah, Mariam Barghouti has worked extensively in the region in the spheres of journalism, research, sociopolitical analysis and advocacy, She focuses on identity politics, policy-making and power relations, with an emphasis on…
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Jaylyn Olivo

Jaylyn Olivo is a retired medical editor who founded an editorial service at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston to assist hospital staff in writing articles for publication and grant…
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Gisele McAuliffe

Gisele McAuliffe is a communications expert focused on social impact. She offers deep experience advising leaders at mission-driven organizations around the world about the best outreach activities for achieving their…
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Paulette Lee

Paulette Lee, a former award-winning broadcast journalist in Los Angeles and retired communications professional, is accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America and is a credentialed…
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